Mike Prendergast

Michael Thomas Prendergast

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 15, 1888 in Arlington, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1914
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Whales/Phillies/Chi-Feds 1914-1919

Final Game: June 9, 1919
Died: November 18, 1967 in Omaha, NE
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Omaha, NE
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1909	20	GLS,PEK	D	2	6	.250		12						96.0	74	38			16							0.938	6.9		1.5			GLS,PEK · ILMO
1910	21	BMG	B	2	7	.222		13							90	29			34													BMG · IIIL
1911	22	QUI,PEO	B	15	16	.484		39																								QUI,PEO · IIIL
1912	23	PEO	B	15	20	.429		40						292.0	252	113			91							1.175	7.8		2.8			PEO · IIIL
1913	24	PEO	B	17	20	.459		42						320.2	274	131			114							1.210	7.7		3.2			PEO · IIIL
1914	25	CHI	FL	5	9	.357	2.38	30	19	4	7	1	0	136.0	131	53	36	5	40	71	3	0	3	556	123	1.257	8.7	0.3	2.6	4.7	1.78
1915	26	CHI	FL	14	12	.538	2.48	42	30	10	16	3	0	253.2	220	93	70	6	67	95	4	0	0	986	114	1.131	7.8	0.2	2.4	3.4	1.42
1916	27	CHC	NL	6	11	.353	2.31	35	10	14	4	2	2	152.0	127	53	39	5	23	56	1	0	5	597	125	0.987	7.5	0.3	1.4	3.3	2.43
1917	28	CHC	NL	3	6	.333	3.35	35	8	16	1	0	1	99.1	112	42	37	6	21	43	0	0	3	411	86	1.339	10.1	0.5	1.9	3.9	2.05
1918	29	PHI	NL	13	14	.481	2.89	33	30	3	20	0	1	252.1	257	102	81	6	46	41	1	0	5	1030	103	1.201	9.2	0.2	1.6	1.5	0.89
1919	30	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	8.40	5	1	2	0	0	0	15.0	20	15	14	0	10	5	1	0	1	75	39	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
1923	34	TTO	AA					3																								TTO · IL
6 Yrs				41	53	.436	2.74	180	98	49	48	6	4	908.1	867	358	277	28	207	311	10	0	17	3655	106	1.182	8.6	0.3	2.1	3.1	1.50
162 Game Avg.				10	13	.436	2.74	44	24	12	12	1	1	222	212	88	68	7	51	76	2	0	4	894	106	1.182	8.6	0.3	2.1	3.1	1.50

PHI (2 yrs)				13	15	.464	3.20	38	31	5	20	0	1	267.1	277	117	95	6	56	46	2	0	6	1105	94	1.246	9.3	0.2	1.9	1.5	0.82
CHI (2 yrs)				19	21	.475	2.45	72	49	14	23	4	0	389.2	351	146	106	11	107	166	7	0	3	1542	117	1.175	8.1	0.3	2.5	3.8	1.55
CHC (2 yrs)				9	17	.346	2.72	70	18	30	5	2	3	251.1	239	95	76	11	44	99	1	0	8	1008	106	1.126	8.6	0.4	1.6	3.5	2.25

NL (4 yrs)				22	32	.407	2.97	108	49	35	25	2	4	518.2	516	212	171	17	100	145	3	0	14	2113	99	1.188	9.0	0.3	1.7	2.5	1.45
FL (2 yrs)				19	21	.475	2.45	72	49	14	23	4	0	389.2	351	146	106	11	107	166	7	0	3	1542	117	1.175	8.1	0.3	2.5	3.8	1.55

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1914	25	CHI	FL	136.0	30	19	53	3.51	4.13	0.32	0.00	91.0	3.46	-1	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.2	4	.495	.499	$
1915	26	CHI	FL	253.2	42	30	93	3.30	3.81	0.06	0.00	93.0	3.49	5	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.3	14	.514	.504	$
1916	27	CHC	NL	152.0	35	10	53	3.14	3.47	0.01	0.00	110.0	3.80	11	1.4	1.0	-0.1	2.5	22	.541	.509	$
1917	28	CHC	NL	99.1	35	8	42	3.81	3.53	-0.25	0.00	106.0	4.01	2	0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.0	9	.507	.502	$
1918	29	PHI	NL	252.1	33	30	102	3.64	3.67	-0.06	0.00	106.0	3.95	9	1.1	1.0	-0.2	2.8	24	.534	.507	$
1919	30	PHI	NL	15.0	5	1	15	9.00	3.50	-0.41	0.00	106.6	4.16	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-7	.337	.495	$
6 Seasons				908.1	180	98	358	3.55	3.73	0.02	0.00	100.8	3.73	17	2.4	1.0	-0.6	7.1	66	.513	.502	$

PHI (2 yrs)				267.1	38	31	117	3.94	3.66	-0.08	0.00	106.1	3.96	1	0.3	1.0	-0.2	2.1	17	.508	.501	$
CHI (2 yrs)				389.2	72	49	146	3.37	3.92	0.15	0.00	92.3	3.48	3	0.4	1.0	-0.2	1.5	18	.506	.501	$
CHC (2 yrs)				251.1	70	18	95	3.40	3.49	-0.10	0.00	108.4	3.88	13	1.7	1.0	-0.2	3.5	31	.524	.505	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	29	PHI	NL	1030	0.6%	4.0%	4.5%	3.8%	15%	87%
1919	30	PHI	NL	75	0.0%	6.7%	13.3%			69%
2 Yrs				1105	0.5%	4.2%	5.1%	3.5%	14%	85%
MLB Averages					0.4%	8.0%	7.3%	2.7%	12%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1914	25	5	9	.357	2.38	30	19	4	7	1	0	136.0	131	53	36	5	40	71	3	3	556	123	1.257	8.7	0.3	2.6	4.7	1.78	123
1915	26	19	21	.475	2.45	72	49	14	23	4	0	389.2	351	146	106	11	107	166	7	3	1542	117	1.175	8.1	0.3	2.5	3.8	1.55	117
1916	27	25	32	.439	2.41	107	59	28	27	6	2	541.2	478	199	145	16	130	222	8	8	2139	119	1.122	7.9	0.3	2.2	3.7	1.71	119
1917	28	28	38	.424	2.56	142	67	44	28	6	3	641.0	590	241	182	22	151	265	8	11	2550	112	1.156	8.3	0.3	2.1	3.7	1.76	112
1918	29	41	52	.441	2.65	175	97	47	48	6	4	893.1	847	343	263	28	197	306	9	16	3580	110	1.169	8.5	0.3	2.0	3.1	1.55	110
1919	30	41	53	.436	2.74	180	98	49	48	6	4	908.1	867	358	277	28	207	311	10	17	3655	106	1.182	8.6	0.3	2.1	3.1	1.50	106

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1914	25	9	5	.643	3.12	127.0	148	49	44	6	45	66	3	1.520	10.5	3.2	4.7	1.47	0.4	30
1915	26	14	11	.560	3.51	231.0	255	100	90	7	78	87	5	1.442	9.9	3.0	3.4	1.12	0.3	42
1916	27	11	5	.688	2.82	150.0	142	52	47	6	26	55	1	1.120	8.5	1.6	3.3	2.12	0.4	35
1917	28	4	6	.400	4.40	92.0	127	50	45	7	24	40	0	1.641	12.4	2.3	3.9	1.67	0.7	35
1918	29	19	14	.576	3.50	301.0	349	130	117	8	62	49	1	1.365	10.4	1.9	1.5	0.79	0.2	33
1919	30	0	1	.000	9.00	17.0	24	19	17	0	12	6	1	2.118	12.7	6.4	3.2	0.50	0.0	5
6 Yrs		57	42	.576	3.53	918.0	1045	400	360	34	247	303	11	1.407	10.2		3.0	1.23	0.3	180

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1918 NL 2.8 (8th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1915 FL 2.48 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1918 NL 13 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1915 FL 1.131 (7th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1918 NL 1.641 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1915 FL 42 (9th) 1918 NL 33 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1916 NL 2 (8th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1918 NL 252.3 (6th)
Games Started s c a p y 1918 NL 30 (4th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1918 NL 20 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1917 NL 6 (5th) 1918 NL 6 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 1918 NL 257 (2nd)
Losses s c a p y 1918 NL 14 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1918 NL 81 (3rd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1918 NL 5 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1918 NL 1,030 (6th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1916 NL 14 (8th) 1917 NL 16 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 21 (1050), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Tom McCarthy (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fred Toney (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Leon Cadore (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Perry (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Harry Gaspar (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Mogridge (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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